DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

kmfrk wrote: post #5

ziddoap wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but we plan on expanding to other regions in the future.

As a European, they always say that.

DDG does? Or other, unrelated companies with their own products?

I would wait to see what DDG does, rather than base it on what other companies have done in the past.

Re: DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

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Post by TekMol » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 4:48 PM UTC

What is the use case of a VPN?

To hide the IPs of the servers you are visiting from your internet provider?

With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better?

And why would I care that my internet provider sees those IPs in the first place?

Re: DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

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Post by ziddoap » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 4:50 PM UTC

TekMol wrote: post #7

What is the use case of a VPN? To hide the IPs of the servers you are visiting from your internet provider? With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better? And why would I care that my internet provider sees those IPs in the first place?

>With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better?

Because someone may trust the provider of the VPN more than they trust their ISP?

>And why would I care that my internet provider sees those IPs in the first place?

You might not. Other people do. It's not your place to decide what other people care about.

Re: DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

#9

Post by webstrand » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 4:54 PM UTC

ziddoap wrote: post #8

TekMol wrote: post #7

What is the use case of a VPN? To hide the IPs of the servers you are visiting from your internet provider? With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better? And why would I care that my internet provider sees those IPs in the first place?

> With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better? Because someone may trust the provider of the VPN more than they trust their ISP? > And why would I care that my internet provider sees those IPs in the first place? You might not. Other people do. It's not your place to decide what other people care about.

Comcast has no vested interest in not sharing/re-selling my data. also it provides a stable IPv4 with geoip tagging that both serves to de-anonymize me and make it easier for third-parties to track me.

My VPN provider has a vested interest in not sharing or re-selling my data, if caught doing so it would cause a major loss of business for them and potentially permanently tarnish their reputation. Additionally they provide a stable IPv4 shared with many other users. Tracking is still possible, but is far less trivial and not so easily correlated with a county/state.

So I use a VPN. It keeps me safe from script-kiddies who might discover my IP when I visit their website. I provide free help for people having trouble with HTML/CSS, so I visit a lot of strange places.

Re: DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

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Post by Elbrus » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 4:58 PM UTC

> No need to install a separate VPN app. Once you sign up for Privacy Pro, you can install our VPN right in your DuckDuckGo browser

> we use the open-source WireGuard protocol

Any info on how that is implemented?

Did they build some plug-in, where a user can enter VPN details/credentials?

Asking since I'd love to have something, where I can add my own self-hosted VPN details to have browser only (not the whole machine) connected through VPN.